Attachment for perforated well-pipes.



No. 794,943. y PATENTED JULY 18, 1905. P. M. KLEGKNER.

ATTACHMENT FOR PERFORATEDWBLL PIPES.

. l APPLIGATION FILED MAY s. 1905.

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PATENT OFFICE.

ATTACHMENT FOR PERFORATED WELL-PIPES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 794,943, dated July 18, 1905. Application filed May 3, 1905. Serial No. 258,704.

To all wh/(mt zit may concern:

Be it known that I, FORTES M. KLECKNEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Independence, in the county of Montgomery and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Perforated Well -Iipes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in protecting devices for per- Wls, the Object of the invention being to prevent foreign matter, sand, &c., from entering the perforations of the suction-pipe, which is positioned beneath the surface of the water.

The invention comprises various details of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, which will be hereinafter fuzlly described and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is avertical sectionalview through the invention, and Fig. 2 is a detail view of the bell-shaped collar which supports the shell surrounding the perforated pipe.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a perforated pipe connected, by means of a union B, to the pipe O, having a union D thereon and which is designed to be connected to the pump by suitable piping.

E designates a bell-shaped shell which is and centrally aper- O. The bottom of chambered out, as at E', tured to receive the pipe the chambered portion of said shell, which forms a shoulder, is designed to rest upon the upper edge of the union B, and the upper movement of said shell is limited by the union D. The inner surface of the chambered portion of said shell is threaded to receive the threads F of the pipe G, which pipe is of sufficient length to cover the perforations in the pipe A, with a space intervening between the two pipes. Said shell, which suspends the pipe G, hangs loosely upon the union B and serves to prevent suction from the perforated pipe from drawing sand or foreign matter direct from the sides of the well into said perforated pipe, making it necessary for the water to be sucked up from the bottom of the shell and between the latter and said perforated pipe.

While I have shown a particular shape of bell and apparatus illustrating my invention, it will be understood that I may vary the details of the same in various ways, if desired, without departing from the spirit of the invention.y

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A protecting device for well-pipes comprising, in combination with the perforated pipe, a union connected thereto, a shell having a chambered portion, the bottom of which forms a shoulder adapted to rest upon said union, and a threaded pipe connected to said shell and surrounding the perforated part, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR COOPER, OnAs. W. RrrcnrE. 

